The Drowning House
The Drowning House by Cherie Priest is a genre-bending novel published by Sourcebooks, Incorporated in 2024. This 432-page work, written in English, presents a haunting narrative that begins with a violent storm washing a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach. The story follows the aftermath of this event, focusing on the disappearance of Simon Culpepper and the efforts of his childhood friends, Melissa and Leo, as they navigate their complicated past to uncover the truth behind the house and the dark forces it harbors.
Readers will find a blend of horror and suspense as the characters confront old rivalries while searching for Simon. The narrative delves into themes of friendship, loss, and the supernatural, revealing the sinister history of the house and its builder. This edition invites those interested in fiction that intertwines elements of ghost stories and thrillers to explore the depths of Marrowstone Island and the lengths to which individuals will go to protect their loved ones.
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“This smartly paced, genre bending novel is a good choice for the horror-curious thriller reader who enjoyed The Good House by Tananarive Due and Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.” –Booklist, Starred Review
“Cherie Priest is our new queen of darkness, folks. Time to kneel before her, lest she take our heads.” –Chuck Wendig, author of The Book of Accidents
Houses fall into the Pacific Ocean all the time.
Not one has ever come back.
Until today.
A violent storm washes a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach, stopping the heart of the only woman who knows what it means. Her grandson, Simon Culpepper, vanishes in the aftermath, leaving two of his childhood friends to comb the small, isolated island for answers-but decades have passed since Melissa and Leo were close, if they were ever close at all.
Now they’ll have to put aside old rivalries and grudges if they want to find or save the man who brought them together in the first place-and on the way they’ll learn a great deal about the sinister house on the beach, the man who built it, and the evil he’s bringing back to Marrowstone Island.
From award-winning author Cherie Priest comes a deeply haunting and atmospheric horror-thriller that explores the lengths we’ll go to protect those we love.
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